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Stools painted with milk paint. Milk paint is a nontoxic, milk-based paint bound with casein.It can be made from milk and lime, generally with pigments added for color. [1] [2] [3] In other recipes, borax is mixed with milk's casein protein in order to activate the casein and as a preservative.
Shaker box tower Shaker pantry box molds. The Shaker-style pantry box is a round bentwood box made by hand. Such boxes are "associated with Shaker folklife because they express the utility and uniformity valued in Shaker culture."
One of the qualities for which artists value casein paint is that unlike gouache, it dries to an even consistency, making it ideal for murals. Also, it can visually resemble oil painting more than most other water-based paints, and works well as an underpainting. Casein paint loses its solubility with time and exposure and becomes water-resistant.
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A modern British milk bottle owned by Dairy Crest Pint and half gallon returnable glass bottles From the second half of the 19th century, milk has been packaged and delivered in reusable and returnable glass bottles. They are used mainly for doorstep delivery of fresh milk by milkmen. Once customers have finished the milk, empty bottles are expected to be rinsed and left on the doorstep for ...
Tole painting is the folk art of decorative painting on tin and wooden utensils, objects and furniture. Typical metal objects include utensils , coffee pots , and similar household items. Wooden objects include tables, chairs, and chests, including hope chests, toyboxes and jewelry boxes.
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Discomforts of an Epicure, 1787 (image 27 x 20 cm, in mat 43 x 33 cm) [1]. This is a descriptive list of erotic etchings and drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, based upon the research of Henry Spencer Ashbee published in his three-volume bibliography of curious and uncommon books: Index Librorum Prohibitorum (1877), Centuria Librorum Absconditorum (1879) and Catena Librorum Tacendorum (1885).